United Nations-Brokered Conference Is Planned for Mid-November

NUSA DUA, Indonesia—The U.S. and Russia Monday stressed their determination to help press ahead with a United Nations-brokered conference planned for mid-November that aims to bring Syria's government together with opposition forces to end the country's conflict.

In a joint news conference following a bilateral meeting in Bali, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed their...